PHILPOT v. STATE

19112.

212 Ga. 79 (1955)

90 S.E.2d 577

PHILPOT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 15, 1955.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max R. McGlamry, Ralph M. Holleman, for plaintiff in error.

John H. Land, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. Walter, alias "Red," Philpot was charged with the murder of Lloyd Lockhart, and his trial resulted in a verdict of guilty without a recommendation of mercy. His motion for new trial as amended was denied, and the exception is to that judgment.

The only contention made under the general grounds of the motion for new trial is that the State failed to establish proof of the identity of the deceased as that of Lloyd Lockhart, the person alleged...

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